Example sentences of "[adv] at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 2 | It did n't feel like much at the time , but I knew it was him . |
| 3 | In some numbers he wrote half the contents ; in others , especially at the time of an operation on his eyes for glaucoma , little . |
| 4 | It is not possible to foresee , especially at the time of acquisition , exactly what information a specimen might hold . |
| 5 | The film had to be stopped for seven minutes , during which one man shouted through a loud-hailer , ‘ We , the National Front , protest against this anti-British rubbish , especially at the time of El Alamein . ’ |
| 6 | For much of the time these small market towns may well have appeared sleepy to travellers who were familiar with the hustle and bustle of the big cities , but every week on market day and more especially at the time of the annual fairs they were transformed by an influx of visitors . |
| 7 | The ESPLANADE , on which witches were once burned at the stake , is the scene of the famous Military Tattoo held annually at the time of the International Festival . |
| 8 | In fact I pointed that out to the grave-diggers , but they were already 4ft 6ins down at the time . |
| 9 | The growth characteristics of the bones are laid down at the time when the pattern is specified and the elements are very small and this early specification will control growth for many years ( Chapter 10 ) . |
| 10 | Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches . |
| 11 | And I was working upstairs in er what 's called the gascon module , Which was shut down at the time for repair work and things like that . |
| 12 | Er , what I would like to propose the erm a a that resolution two of course , was put down at the time it had to be put down er , and is clearly going to be affected by , that it happened at the th the financial services in March and what I have suggested is that you might prefer this be a a a second resolution it is or and turn to the to add on the end of that resolution thus urging local churches to through their consultations with district treasurers and finance committee to increase their contributions to the Ministry of Mission Fund in nineteen ninety three in such a way that provincial commi , commitment may be increased by at least five percent over the nineteen ninety two . |
| 13 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 14 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 15 | Mr Mazowiecki also said pointedly at the time that he was not prepared to replace one philosophically biased government ( a communist one ) with another philosophically biased government ( an avowedly Catholic one ) . |
| 16 | Under the system , created by West Germany 's Manfred Donike , the amount of steroids in an athlete 's body can be detected not only at the time the test takes place , but several months beforehand , although the actual drug is not identified . |
| 17 | They should be ignored in normal practice and disinfection should be assumed to have taken place only at the time a chemical has been applied and after the requisite contact time has elapsed . |
| 18 | It need have been irrelevant only at the time the edition of the digesta was made , which according to Schulz was in the late third century . |
| 19 | For mortality , the intensity of selection in a stable population ( r=0 ) remains constant during the pre-reproductive period because the consequences of death for reproductive success remain constant ; selection intensity starts to decline only at the time of first breeding . |
| 20 | They claim that he became the Messiah only at the time of his baptism — that is , his anointment or coronation . |
| 21 | Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards . |
| 22 | One difficulty with testing recognition memory is that inferences might be made only at the time of the recognition test . |
| 23 | Sometimes a feature of the Constitution is discerned as such only at the time when it has just ceased to have much relevance . |
| 24 | In line with this policy , the Eve Report also recommended , shatteringly at the time , that there should be a two-A-level entry standard , and acknowledged that , ‘ in time the normal method of training for the professional examinations or for exempting qualifications will be by way of full time , or sandwich , study . ’ |
| 25 | You obviously made quite an impression personally at the time . |
| 26 | ‘ It was bad enough at the time . |
| 27 | I do n't think Chris and the band know each other well enough at the time . |
| 28 | ‘ Had I been big enough at the time , I would have beaten his ass but I was n't . |
| 29 | Sometimes , of course , bags are searched , but the removal of company property from the premises of licensed dealers is rarely punished by anything more than instant dismissal , acceptable enough at the time to the culprits , as it coincides with their own plans . |
| 30 | The men he had killed were only electronic ghosts , but they had seemed real enough at the time . |